A huge panorama of Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria to the final triumph at Bayreuth.
Richard Burton
Richard Wagner
Marthe Keller
Mathilde Wesendonck
Miguel Herz-Kestranek
Hans von Bülow
Laurence Olivier
Pfeuffer
Ralph Richardson
Pfordten
Vanessa Redgrave
Cosima von Bulow
John Gielgud
Pfistermeister
László Gálffi
King Ludwig II of Bavaria
